London Fashion Week - John Rocha

John Rocha stayed true to his endearing love of texture, structure and form with a breathtaking collection – high on craftsmanship and eclectic references.  A trip to the Amazon underscored the romantic runway edit where our Irish-adopted son saw Indians using raw materials like leaves and wood bark to make clothes.  “I thought it would be great to do something organic,” tells Rocha, “something that is really close to what I believe in and will hopefully make people more aware of the Amazon." Hand-tucked raffia and leather ruffles covered shoes and hemlines; while patchwork crochet married itself with softly pleated asymmetry in elongated skirts and trousers.  Wire headpieces made evanescent the hauntingly  monochrome cavalcade – yet another big win for Irish in the high fashion stakes.

Edited from my weekend show report in The Irish Examiner. CLICK HERE for the full report.

Source: http://iblogfashion.blogspot.com/2011/09/london-fashion-week-john-rocha.html